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Patagonia

Adventurous travellers are drawn to the savage beauty and rich
wildlife of Patagonia. This region of contrasts and extremes,
stretching across Argentina and Chile, runs from the river
Colorado, south of Buenos Aires, across to the southern tip of
South America. Many people go between July and April to visit the
famous wildlife reserve of Peninsula Valdés, where right
whales, sea elephants and other rare marine mammals come to breed
in their thousands. However those going further south should visit
only in the summer months if they wish to avoid temperatures that
plummet to -13°F (-25°C).

In villages along the valley of the Río Chubut visitors
can explore the cultural legacy of the Welsh pioneers, and nearby
at Punta Tombo lies the continent's largest penguin colony. Keen
fly-fishermen come from around the world to test their skills in
the region's rivers, the best known of which is the Río
Gallegos. On the western fringe, along the Andes, you will find the
most impressive of Patagonia's great lakes and national parks. The
Parque Nacional Perito Moreno, with the aquamarine gem of Lago
Belgrano, has excellent trekking possibilities as does the Parque
Nacional Los Glaciares. Here visitors will find one of the world's
natural wonders, the vast Perito Moreno Glacier, a great river of
ice that breaks off into Lake Argentino.